Monday, October 18, 2010
Silent Dreamer
In chapter 13, Stephen has a dream that emhazises the 10 comandments. Stephen has committed adultrey and attempted murder to his wife. In the dream, Stephen starts out as a groom in a wedding and ends up becoming a corpse in a coffin with people surrounding him represtenting different regions of the world. As you may know, dreams all have meanings and hidden messages to them. What do you think that this dream was trying to tell Stephen? Why was it important to the plot and his actions? Do you have any examples of hidden messages in dreams that you've experienced?
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This part of the book was very important because it shows how people are treated because of there social class. Stephen isn't allowed divorce from the drunken woman whom he's married to because Bounderby doesn't allow Stephen to. If Stephen wants to end this marriage, he should be allowed to regardless of class. If he truly loves Rachel, he should be allowed to divorce his drunken wife in order to be in a happy relationship with Rachel. In Stephens dream, he see's himself killing his wife. Adultery and Murder are emphasized in this dream if Stephens. It's sad that Stephan's only way to get out of this marriage is murder.
ReplyDeleteI believe Stephen's dream does have significance behind it, because when Charles Dickens was expressing Stephen's feelings among his wife he definitely has no interest in her any longer. When Stephen says: "Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone at her!" He is interpreting that his only choice was to sin, in order to have the loving and long lasting relationship that he wants, who appears to be with Rachel. Sadly.. his sin was the most cruel of all, murder. This could have importance to his upcoming actions and 'plot' for his drunken wife because like the way Geana Haddad said; it is superstition that every dream has meaning.
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